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Must-Read Harvard Books Winter 2025
From aphorisms to art heists to democracy’s necessary conditions
Highbrow Lingerie
Fashion designer Laura Mehlinger draws on inspirations ranging from Vladimer Nabokow to Prince.
Skyscrapers as symbols
In Tall Building: Imagining the Skyscraper, Scott Johnson explores the semiotics of these urban giants.
David Warsh reviews Robert J. Samuelson's The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath
David Warsh reviews Robert J. Samuelson's The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath
by David Warsh
The Green-Pea Memo
Poking fun “at the academic-bureaucratic mentality of university life”
Recent books with Harvard connections
Recent books with Harvard connections
Quotation Q & A
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Sculptor James Dinerstein’s work fuses ancient and modern art
Sculptor James Dinerstein’s works in concrete and bronze fuse ancient forms with modern abstraction.
by Paul Gleason
A special edition of J.K. Rowling's 2008 Harvard speech includes Braille words
Francie Randolph ’87 has combined Braille and J.K. Rowling's 2008 Harvard address to create a limited-edition book.
Carl Sprague designs film and theater sets
Carl Sprague ’84 designs sets for local theater companies and Hollywood movies.
Review of Maurice Charney's “Wrinkled Deep in Time”
Adam Kirsch review Maurice Charney’s Wrinkled Deep in Time: Aging in Shakespeare.
by Adam Kirsch